Hiragana (ひらがな) is one of the three writing systems used in the Japanese language, along with Katakana (カタカナ) and Kanji (漢字).
It consists of 46 basic characters and they are the basic Japanese phonetic alphabets.
Click each Hiragana to see stroke order animation.
| HIRAGANA | READING | STROKE COUNT |
| あ | a | 3 |
| い | i | 2 |
| う | u | 2 |
| え | e | 2 |
| お | o | 3 |
| か | ka | 3 |
| き | ki | 4 |
| く | ku | 1 |
| け | ke | 3 |
| こ | ko | 2 |
| さ | sa | 3 |
| し | shi | 1 |
| す | su | 2 |
| せ | se | 3 |
| そ | so | 1 |
| た | ta | 4 |
| ち | chi | 2 |
| つ | tsu | 1 |
| て | te | 1 |
| と | to | 2 |
| な | na | 4 |
| に | ni | 3 |
| ぬ | nu | 2 |
| ね | ne | 2 |
| の | no | 1 |
| は | ha | 3 |
| ひ | hi | 1 |
| ふ | fu | 4 |
| へ | he | 1 |
| ほ | ho | 4 |
| ま | ma | 3 |
| み | mi | 2 |
| む | mu | 3 |
| め | me | 2 |
| も | mo | 3 |
| や | ya | 3 |
| ゆ | yu | 2 |
| よ | yo | 2 |
| ら | ra | 2 |
| り | ri | 2 |
| る | ru | 1 |
| れ | re | 2 |
| ろ | ro | 1 |
| わ | wa | 2 |
| ゐ * | wi | 1 |
| ゑ * | we | 1 |
| を | wo | 3 |
| ん | n | 1 |
* The list consists of 48 characters including ゐ and ゑ which are now rarely used.
Also Available Hiragana in PDF
